Corazon Abierto: Mexican American Voices in Texas Music provides a
wide view of the myriad contributions Mexican American artists have
made to music in Texas and the United States. Based on interviews
with longtime stalwarts of Mexican American music - Flaco JimEnez,
Tish Hinojosa, Ernie Durawa, Rosie Flores, and others - and also
conversations with newer voices like Lesly Reynaga, Marisa Rose
Mejia, Josh Baca, and many more, Kathleen Hudson allows the
musicians to tell their own stories in a unique and personal way.
As the artists reveal in their free-ranging discussions with
Hudson, their influences go far beyond traditionally Mexican genres
like conjunto, norteNo, and Tejano to extend into rock, jazz,
country-western, zydeco, and many other styles.Hudson's survey also
includes essays, poetry, and other creative works by Dagoberto
Gilb, Sandra Cisneros, and others, but the core of the book
consists of what she describes as 'a collection of voices from
different locations in Texas....Some represent voices from the
edge, while others give us a view from the center'. Weaving
together a tapestry that combines 'family, borders, creativity,
music, food, and community', the book presents an image as varied
and difficult to define as the musicians themselves. By sharing the
artists' accounts of their influences, their experiences, their
family stories, and their musical and cultural journeys, CorazOn
Abierto reminds us that borders can be gateways, that differences
enrich, rather than isolate.
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